Young Footliters Youth Theatre's “Dare to Dream Jr.: A Disney Musical Revue" at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts -- October 24 through 26.
Friday, October 24, through Sunday, October 26
Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth Street, Coralville IA
Boasting what will doubtless be the most heavily populated cast that area audiences have seen all year and will see for the remainder of 2025, Dare to Dream Jr.: A Disney Musical Revue runs at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts October 24 through 26, this presentation by Young Footliters Youth Theatre featuring many of your favorite Disney songs and an ensemble of 98 young talents.
Dare to Dream Jr. is an hour-long musical revue that follows an eager group of trainees on their first day at the fictional Walt Disney Imagineering Studio. As the group sets out to help each other discover their dreams, they also work together to explore the power of dreams to unite, inspire, and make anything possible. Drawing from a century of beloved Disney films, Dare to Dream Jr. features songs appearing for the first time in a Disney stage musical, including fan-favorites from The Princess & the Frog, Coco, Encanto, and Frozen II. This musical revue is a thrilling mix of contemporary songs, timeless classics, and brand-new medleys that are sure to surprise and delight Disney lovers of all ages.
Serving as director for Dare to Dream Jr.: A Disney musical is Evan Hilsabeck, who previously helmed the Young Footliters' production of Disnery's My Son Pinocchio Jr., with Jaci Visser acting as music director and she, Katie Colletta, and Shelby Zukin collectively responsible for the show's choreography. Additional members of Hilsabeck's creative team include: costume designer Jackie Allen; stage manager Lindy Rublaitus; assistant stage managers Andrew Bryant, Red Schneider, and Peggy Somerville; sound designer Tim Moffitt; lighting designer Reese Morgan; and set designer Kent Reynolds.
And bringing the show to life are a full 98 young talents from the Coralville area: Cecelia Appleton; Frances Autio; Eva Balmer; Eli Beck; Natalie Bell; Sophie Bergman; Hazel Blau; Kenna Boss; Veronica Boston-Halter; Aspen Bozung; Brecken Bush; Betsy Cantine; Ione Cantine; Quincy Cargill; Rory Carlton; Brooke Cavanh; Amelia Ciecior; Meadow Conard; Bailey Crooks; Stella Daly; Alyssa Denneny; Lily Doobay; Frankie Doobay; Eliza Durney; Henry Durney; Lucy Durney; Ryder Ehlers; Annalynn English; Sawyer Ewelike; Imogen Fain; Addie Farnsworth; Surina Farris; Mabel Fatica-Wells; Chandler Felton; Elise Fesler; Theo Fiagle; Miriam Foster; Elowyn Franke; Lila French Smith; Hadley Fruin; Emma Geneser; James Haack; Ellie Hardy; Amelia Harris; Ariya Harris; Jack Hegouet; Owen Hegouet; Ashlynn Hervey; Tyler Hoth; Izzy Huffman; Arlo Hughes; Norah Jennings; Lucy Jens; Ella Jones; Hinley Jones; Harper Kimm; Anson Knipfer; Reese Knowling; Nettie Kolker; Lily Landolt; Emma Landolt; Joey Langdon; Justice Laudick-Tran; Henry Lenhart; Sadie Linder; Grey Linley; Layla Lipper; Evelyn Maiers; Jack Maiers; Bentley McCaslin; Betty Mehic; Seth Michel; Maple Miller; Reese Miner; Tesla Newnum; Nora Peterson; Amara Pfeifer; Layla Plath; Everly Porepp; Josie Rager; Ellah Rees; Jessica Ren; Brynn Sheeley; Brooklyn Short; Ted Somerville; Mona Sotillo; Max Stalder; Lydia Super; Anika Super; Beatrice Thrams; Nina Tsilosani; Elliot Umlah; Jovie Vlasich; Carter Wagner; Miku Wardi; Sera Westbrook; Evelyn Whitsitt; and Jolene Zalzala.
Young Footliters Youth Theatre's Dare to Dream Jr.: A Disney Musical Revue runs at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts October 24 to 26, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission is $16-21, and more information and tickets are available by calling (319)248-9370 and visiting CoralvilleArts.org.
